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In 1989, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was "under a state of emergency." In early 1990, Warden John P. Whitely was hired. During his five-year tenure, Whitely helped turn the prison around, garnering national and international attention. He also gained the affection of inmates, who recently hosted a farewell dinner in honor of the departing warden. NPR's Terry Gross speaks with special correspondent Wilbert Rideau, editor-in-chief of the award-winning prison magazine The Angolite and an inmate at the penitentiary.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH 63-YEAR-OLD ROSANNA DELLA CORTE ABOUT HER DECISION TO TRY FOR ANOTHER CHILD. LAST YEAR, AT THE AGE OF 62, SHE BECAME THE WORLD'S OLDEST WOMAN TO GIVE BIRTH.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR reporter Linda Gradstein bout two explosions which tore through a crowded army bus station this orning just outside the Israeli resort town of Netanya (nay-TAHN-yuh). More han a dozen people, most of them soldiers, were killed, and more than 50 njured.

STEVEN LEVY is an expert on computer technology, a Fellow of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in New York, and a columnist for the magazine "Macworld." His new book is , "Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything." (Penguin).REV.Commentator GERALD EARLY reflects on the black middle class.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINATION OF DR. HENRY FOSTER, AN OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AND FORMER HEAD OF MEHARRY (meh-HARRY) MEDICAL COLLEGE IN TENNESSEE, TO THE POSITION OF U.S. SURGEON GENERAL MAY BE IN QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE NEWS THAT HE HAS PERFORMED ABORTIONS.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: MICHAEL LELAND & LAURA KNOY

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including survivors of the devastating earthquake in Kobe, Japan, ouis Farrakhan denying responsibility for the assassination of Malcom X, House epresentatives Carrie Meek (D-FL), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Harold Volkmer D-MO), and the House Presiding Officer from the chaos in the House over peaker Newt Gingrich's book deal, as well as a comment from Gingrich himself

Liane Hansen speaks with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean of he Annenberg School for Communication, about how new Speaker of the House ewt Gingrich is using the media to his advantage, plus a preview of President linton's State of the Union address this Tuesday.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 6:10 This week's on-air player lives in Northfield, Minnesota and listens to innesota Public Radio's KNOW, St.

NPR's Jim Zarolli reports on the feud between Orange County, California and the investment firm Merril Lynch. Orange County, which recently went bankrupt, is accusing Merril Lynch of steering county financiers toward risky investments.

Jacki talks to Marin Hopper, a fashion editor at Elle magazine, about the return of the spike heel. Hopper says that very high heels are very flattering to the leg and are very glamorous, but they take a lot of energy to wear and can be bad for your feet.

Jacki talks with Paul Wilkes, who writes about religon for the magazine Atlantic Monthly. Pope John Paul the Second just finished a tour of Asia looking very frail. Wilkes talks about the Pope's health and how the Vatican is already starting to talk about who will be the next Pope.